Mitth'raw'nuorodo
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If I'm generally a fan of very romantic scores and want to get into Zimmer, what's a good score to listen to first? Romantic as in time period, not emotion.
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On 8/23/2018 at 10:57 AM, Loert said:
Coincidence? 🤔
Is this from the Mr. Sunday Movies Scenes In 8-Bit video? -
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Update on the Solo piano solo book; for the most part, it's great! They actually tried their best to transcribe the complexity of Powell's action into a piano solo part . . . which is why there isn't a whole bunch of action in this book. But the action they do have is great. Adventures of Han is a great transcription, better than the Samuel Fu one in many ways, I think. Same for Meet Han. They didn't transcribe all of Corellia Chase, but probably two or three minutes worth of it. Not sure why they even bothered with Train Heist; they only arranged the quiet part at the beginning and just ended it there without getting to the six further minutes of action music. Also unsure of why they even tried to arrange Chicken In The Pot for piano; there's no way to accurately transcribe it and have it sound remotely accurate. Lando's Closet is arranged well, although it skips the first ten or so seconds and includes needless triplet arpeggios in the second statement of the love theme. The Mine Mission arrangement is, by far, the highlight of the book. It's a complete transcription in all its fugal glory, and it sounds fantastic. I'm trying to learn that one first since it was already my favorite track from the soundtrack. From there we go to The Good Guy, which is also not a complete arrangement. It stops short of the grand statement of the Marauders theme. The last solo featured in the book is Savareen Standoff, which is fine, but not a whole lot happens.
To sum up: Most of the arrangements are fantastic; they manage to capture all of the insanely complicated chords that Powell throws at us. All of the arrangements are very advanced, which I also love. However, some of the arrangements cut the best part of the track out and others are just uninteresting choices. I would've loved to get a Flying With Chewie, Break Out, or Testing Allegiances. Recommendation also: Samuel Fu did great transcriptions of L3 & Millenum Falcon and Reminiscence Therapy if you want to supplement the book with those.
All in all, though, I'm very pleased with the book.
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Ha. I was just listening to The Rocketeer, and a motif that sounds just like the Death Star/Imperial fanfare just turned up at 1:21.
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I'm listening to The Rocketeer right now. What an amazing theme Horner wrote for it. Heroic, yet also old-fashioned at the same time. I love the time period and the intentional cheesiness of the movie. Main Title and Takeoff was just a joy to listen to.
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3 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:
That's the Death Star Motif. It also appeared in Solo.
Ah, ok, I also think of it as Imperial Fanfare, but you're probably right.
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On 8/19/2018 at 7:16 AM, Demodex said:
What is the Imperial Fanfare in ANH?
On 8/19/2018 at 7:39 AM, Disco Stu said:Oh god if we’ve got another gd wiseacre arguing that the Rebel Fanfare is actually an Imperial theme, I just can’t take it. I can’t take anymore bullshit!
Nah, the Imperial fanfare only appears in A New Hope (and Rogue One). You can hear it almost every time that it cuts back to the Death Star in A New Hope. See 1:49 of "Burning Homestead or 6:18 of "Imperial Attack." In Rogue One, it shows up at 1:49 of "When Has Become Now."
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How you get so big eating food of this kind?
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I'll just have whatever's hot and fresh.
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Yeah, I'm also guessing that it's a version of Starkiller.
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It's finally here! The Solo: A Star Wars Story piano solo book has arrived! https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=280822&subsiteid=1
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Guys, more footage from the KOTOR remake in Unreal Engine 4 has been released! It's, may I say, unreal how good it looks!
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49 minutes ago, crumbs said:
I just hope the ending allows a non-Force Theme ending for a change. Let Williams go to town on Rey's Theme in celebratory mode!
Exact same thought I had! If Kylo is redeemed, I would also love some triumphant major versions of his theme intertwined with Rey's theme!
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Here's a great one from Attack of the Clones:
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2 hours ago, Chen G. said:
He also changes the sound itself: the "first" three scores are more percussion and choir heavy, use more rhythmic material and shorter motives, they're orchestrated differently; the "next" three scores function more like musicals, with long-lined themes, and even compositions for standalone setpieces (such as the Asteroid Field) merit this song-like melodic structure, before Williams returns to a sound more like the "first" three pieces, only more dialed back for some reason. There's a notable change of orchestra and recording studio along the way, he changes the choral ensemble multiple times, the overall size of the ensemble varies greatly between entries, the deployment of synth and special instruments is not consistent across all eight scores, the mix is different, etc..
That's fair. There are a whole lot of inconsistencies, but I think there are enough consistencies to unite them. And thanks for the articulation of what differs the prequel scores from the orig trig scores! I've always wanted to articulate what's different but never quite known how to separate them.
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I like the false-ish ending to Yoda's Theme. It comes to a peaceful conclusion, then restates the theme one more time in an even calmer and more beautiful way. And, of course, it has those strings rippling back and forth at the end, which I really love. It always makes me feel really peaceful listening to that ending. Which is why I didn't mind its inclusion in The Sacred Jedi Texts and the end credits of TLJ.
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I actually love Cargo Shuttle 0608. It has this sense of anticipation, and the stringy chords in it as they fly in are right out of A New Hope. Plus the mission motif reappears (a motif I quite like), so I quite like that piece.
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Saw Ant-Man and the Wasp for the first time! I thought it was slightly better than the first one, but obviously nothing mind-blowing. I wish Michael Peña's buddies had done more and that Goliath had Goliathed, but all the main cast were great, and all the action sequences were really creative and fun! Bit of a downer ending, but it just makes the time until March when Captain Marvel comes out all the more unbearable. Very solid movie though.
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I think I'm probably imagining it, but during Maz's Counsel, at 0:37, I'm always reminded of Across the Stars by that faint harp. Probably not intentional though.
51 minutes ago, Locrius said:Han & Leia love theme at 2:14:
Isn't that more like the Across the Stars B section than Han Solo and the Princess? Unless I'm not remembering a part of HSatP.
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On 7/2/2018 at 1:07 PM, Nick Parker said:
With all of this, it's imperative you remember that you don't really care about these questions at all, or at the very least curious in the most superficial of ways. This format allows posters to give declarative answers that feed into an incredibly boring topic, becoming a wall memorial of opinion monologues and soliloquies, stimulating almost no conversation whatsoever, certainly none that are interesting.
Well said.
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Just now, Disco Stu said:
"Life in the Bubble" from 2014 is an excellent album. They're a little too slick and "Hollywood" for my usual taste in big band music but the talent is undeniable. Some really neat arrangements.
I'll check it out for sure! I just bought one of their albums and am hooked, so I'll probably have to keep buying them now.
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Just discovered Big Phat Band, thanks to Incredibles 2 and a friend. I love this big band interpretation/loose arrangement!
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Score from ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Disqualified from Oscar Race
in JOHN WILLIAMS
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This made me super mad since Solo may be my favorite all-time score. And, anyway, with all the amazing scores that Powell has done, he really deserves an Oscar.
I guess since Ennio Morricone had to wait decades for his Oscar, Powell will just have to do the same.